Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy
Macroscopic descripton
A distal pancreatectomy specimen comprising pancreas 80x40x20 mm with perpancreatic fat up to 170,, and spleen weighing 250 gram. Arising form the posterior pancreatic surface is a disrupted unilocular cystic mass 50x35x15 mm from the pancreatic margin. The internal lining is smooth. Cyst contents are clear and not mucoid. The cyst does not communicate with pancreatic duct.
Microscopic description
Sections show a unilocular cyst surrounded by normal pancreatic parenchyma. The cyst is lined by a single layer of bland low cuboidal cells supported by dense, hyalinised fibrous connective tissue. Some of the cuboidal cells have clear cytoplasm. Special stain demonstrate the presence of glycogen within the cyst lining cells. No features of mucinous epithelial differentiation are recognised (absence of columnar cytology, mucin vacuoles). By immunohistochemistry, the cyst lining cells are positive for epithelial markers CAM 5.2 and AE1/3. There is no staining for neuroendocrine or vascular markers. No ovarian type stroma is identified in H&E sections or immunohistochemistry for oestorgen and progesterone receptors. The peripancreatic lymph nodes have reactive features. The spleen is histologically normal.
Supplementary report
An immunohistochemical stain for CEA reveal no staining in the epithelial lining of the cyst. This support non-mucinous differentiation of the epithelium.
Diagnosis
Benign pancreatic cyst, favour macrocystic serous cystadenoma